Draft, Perkins

[Berry, Mark S]

Yeah, I love Perk too. But I'm watching these playoffs -- the Western
Conference -- and wondering more and more if a team can survive with two
bangers up front like Perk and Al. It just feels like the league is
moving away from that.

On Spanish Chocolate (wouldn't it be great if he were from Switzerland?)
... I watched that video and have read all the scouting reports. I'm
certainly intrigued. I don't believe point guard is this team's greatest
need, but if they draft one it needs to be someone who does things
Delonte doesn't. For example, I don't see Marcus Williams as a
tempo-changer or especially creative passer. I see him as a good
half-court point guard. Fine. So is Delonte. But Rodriguez sounds like a
tempo-changer. He likes to push the ball and is a really creative
passer. That's different. And I love point guards like that. If he
eventually can play alongside Delonte, then you deal with the glut of
swingmen through trade.

I'd still prefer frontcourt help, but if they're set on a point guard,
then this is the kind of player I'd rather take a chance on.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
Behalf Of Piotrowski, Mark A
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 10:13 AM
To: celtics at igtc.com
Subject: Draft, Perkins

Perkins still The Man
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i love this kid.  he's just got so much heart and determination.  An
article 
in the Providence Journal 
about his shoulder starts:

"The first time it happened, there was pain. But the second time
Kendrick 
Perkins dislocated his left 
shoulder, he rolled it back into place himself and tried to get back on
the 
court.
But Celtics trainer Ed Lacerte intervened.  Perkins, Boston's developing

center, underwent arthroscopic 
surgery on his shoulder on Tuesday, and yesterday he was back at the
team's 
training facility, receiving 
treatment and watching some of his teammates run through drills."

The Draft
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A while back Ainge said the guy he liked was pegged around 12 .... and
in 
today's papers he speaks 
very highly of Sergio Rodriguez, who he was supposedly over in Spain
scouting 
(perhaps instead of 
Splitter).

Celticsblog has a clip (via YouTube) up of Sergio and he reminds me a
lot of 
Steve Nash, despite his 
nickname "Spanish Chocoalte".  JB was high on Rodriguez on the
Celticspodcast 
where they  dealt with 
PGs too.

anyone else ahve a take on him?  he's #17 on the Draft Express board,
but if 
Ainge thoght he's the best 
PG (like he said Delonte waas the #2 pg in his draft), might he just go
ahead 
and take him there?  Or 
there are multiple opportunities to move down a few spots (or so it
sounds) 
and take him there.

(the otehr) mark


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